§§¨¨§§§§¨§                                          §§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨
§§§§§§¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§§¨¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨§§§§¨¨§¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§ = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = §¨§¨¨§§§¨§
¨§§§¨¨§§¨§ = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = ¨§§§¨§¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨§¨§§ = = = = elves live in  the land = =  = = ¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§§§§¨ = = =  = beyond  the  great dam. = = = = §§§¨§¨¨§§§
¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§ = it  was built  in the late sixties.  = §¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ = = = the  elves came to us then. = =  = ¨§¨§¨¨§§§¨
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§ =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨§§§§¨§¨¨§
§§¨§¨§¨§¨§ = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = §§¨¨¨§§§¨§
¨¨§§§§§§§§ they  were  very  manipulative,  and  we ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ came  to  trust them. = = = = = = = = us §¨§§¨§§¨§¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ kids would play  down  at the water even §§§¨§§¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ though we were  not allowed. = = = = = = §¨¨§§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ = =  sometimes  the  sluice  would close §§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨ entirely,  and the  river  at  the  dams §¨§§§§¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§§¨¨ foot would dry  up, revealing  the rocky ¨§§¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨ water  garden  that   had  been   hidden ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§¨¨§§ beneath,  and we would go there. = = = = ¨§§§§¨§§§§
¨§§§§¨§¨§¨ =  =  =  = before the  dam opened again, ¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§§§ there would be  a signal, but  the elves §§§¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ would make us not hear it,  and suddenly §¨¨§¨§§§§¨
¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨ we would find the water  rising, already ¨§¨§§§¨¨¨§
§§§§§§¨§¨¨ at our  knees. = = = = = =  =  = = = = = §§§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = §¨¨¨§¨§§¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ = by  then the  elves would  be  gone. = §§¨¨§§§¨§§
¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§ =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = §¨§¨§¨¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = ¨§§§§§¨§¨§
§§¨§¨¨§§§¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨¨§§§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§§§¨§                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨§§¨§¨¨§§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨¨§¨§§§¨§¨                                          ¨§§§§§§§§§